general strike

English

Noun

general strike (plural general strikes)

1. A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.

Translations

work stoppage

• Arabic: إضراب عام m (ʔiḍrāb ʕāmm)
• Aragonese: vada cheneral f
• Asturian: güelga xeneral f
• Basque: greba orokor
• Catalan: vaga general f
• Czech: generální stávka f
• Esperanto: ĝenerala striko
• Estonian: üldstreik
• Finnish: yleislakko (fi)
• French: grève générale (fr) f
• Galician: folga xeral (gl)
• German: Generalstreik (de) m
• Hindi: हड़ताल (hi) f (haṛtāl)
• Italian: sciopero generale m
• Japanese: ゼネスト (ja) (zenesuto)
• Korean: 총파업(總罷業) (chongpa'eop)
• Maltese: strajk ġenerali
• Portuguese: greve geral f
• Punjabi: ਹੜਤਾਲ਼ f (haṛtāḷ)
• Russian: всео́бщая забасто́вка f (vseóbščaja zabastóvka)
• Spanish: huelga general (es) f
• Swedish: storstrejk c, generalstrejk c
• Turkish: genel grev
• Vietnamese: tổng đình công (vi)
• Welsh: streic gyffredinol f